On Saturday, April 12, Newtown resident and co-owner of Newtown Hardware House, Meg Newell will be heading back to her alma mater to run their annual "Holy Half" half marathon.

"Running this race is a way for me to celebrate the can-do spirit and love for life that my friend Kevin Edmonds and his sister Nora embodied. More recently, we have also lost a faithful pillar of our Newtown community- Gina Pine- and I wanted to do something to help raise awareness and funds for this very under-funded cancer. Hopefully the money we raise will improve outcomes for those who are facing this challenging diagnosis today.

Running the Holy Half again has been on my list for a while- I ran it several years ago and had so much fun- my Father attended Notre Dame and my daughter Maggie is a senior there this year."

"Meg and Bill Newell have been a huge part of our organization since it's inception back in 2012", said Christine Edmonds, president of the Newtown-based non-profit A Love for Life. " The Newells were close friends with my husband Kevin who died from pancreatic cancer. We had so much fun together over the decade that we were neighbors, and Meg and I were business partners for a dozen years as well. We have an annual "Jingle Mingle" charity shopping event at Newtown Hardware House every November, and a portion of the profits of their world-famous cookies goes towards our researchers at Penn Medicine. Their generosity has helped us raise over a million dollars for our team, and we give 100% of the money we raise. This donation page goes directly to Penn and is 100% tax deductible."

For more information on our historic hardware store, and to order cookies (shipping available!) go to:
https://www.newtownhardware.com